National Association of Black Journalists Co-Founder Sandra Dawson Long Weaver is a UMD Merrill College Hall of Famer and a NABJ Hall of Famer. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Maryland and MA from Lipscomb University Sandra mentors through numerous programs, including the Tennessee Student Journalism Collective. Genuine, sweet and loving, Sandra is the president of Dawson Media Group. A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, she was managing editor of the Philadelphia Newspapers LLC; The Philadelphia Inquirer – then named vice president of newsroom operations for Philadelphia Media Holdings. She has been the editorial director of the Tennessee Tribune in Nashville since 2012. She served as chairperson and publisher for the Acel Moore Minority Career Development Workshop and has served on the boards of African Women’s Development Fund USA and the Phillip Merrill School of Journalism and secretary-treasurer of the Pennsylvania Society of Newspaper Editors.
